4-Hour Body Cheat Sheet

December 27, 2010

February update: The slow carb diet has produced noticeable fat loss. I’m a thin guy with a fast metabolism, but the diet has helped with love handles and revealed my abs! I’m not tracking my body fat percentage, but I am taking pictures. I follow the diet for breakfast and lunch, but I’m not hard core [...]

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Why I really, really love Instagram

November 7, 2010

The rant against filtering photos is like a musician who calls Garage Band an unworthy tool for making music. One person’s art killer is another person’s art enabler. Creating and sharing are two huge forces for good, so shut up.

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Backlinks or Badges: Should you Gamify Your Blog?

September 18, 2010

I don’t think adding “experience points” and badges to your blog will increase readership for the average blogger. On popular blogs, game mechanics might cause frequent readers to try and leave more short comments just to appear on a leader board  - but I doubt it will bring new readers. Game mechanics (the psychological triggers, [...]

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New Social Journalism Site: Intersect

September 12, 2010

Intersect is a brand new community journalism Web site founded by some prominent Seattle journalists. Visitors contribute personal stories organized by time and location. My first impression is that Intersect feels like a cross between LiveJournal and Wikipedia. I assume the business model is to add advertising as the site grows. The big question is [...]

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84 Quotes from the Four Hour Workweek

January 5, 2010

I went through the book and grabbed all the quotes in the order they appear. These are not quotes of the author, but the quotes from other accomplished people that the author cites.

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When is it OK to friend, follow, and connect with everyone?

December 7, 2009

How to get Followers on Twitter

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Social Media Publishing Strategies

November 28, 2009

I have a little angst every time I share something online. I worry about how all of my accounts on various social media services are connected. I want to make sure that every blog post that I write is posted to twitter and Facebook, and every item I share from Google reader is also relayed [...]

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Twitter Growth Statistics

November 26, 2009

I find it fascinating that Twitter’s growth has come to a stop. For a brief period this spring Twitter’s growth was exponential and unstoppable. However this month they actually had slightly fewer unique visitors to the twitter.com website than last month. I think growth will inevitably resume, but I don’t think Twitter will ever be [...]

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Aligning Community Features to Customer Motivations

October 5, 2009

A successful online community must meet the needs and motivations of the visitors, not just the host. This blog post discusses some customer motivations and features to meet those motivations.

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Gist Power Tip: Export Facebook Page Fans

September 28, 2009

This post describes how to export Facebook Page Fans and import them into Gist, a Social CRM tool.

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